# porte
## Asturian
### Verb

porte
* first/third-person singular present subjunctive of portar

## Danish
### Noun

porte c
* indefinite plural of port

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French porte, from Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”). Compare English portal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔʁt/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

porte f (plural portes)
* door
* gate (to a city, at airport)
* (figuratively) gateway, means, door

#### Derived terms

* aimable comme une porte de prison
* aux portes de la mort
* balayer devant sa porte
* enfoncer des portes ouvertes
* être à la porte
* frapper à la bonne porte
* journée portes ouvertes
* mettre à la porte
* mettre la clé sous la porte
* porte à deux battants
* porte de sortie
* porte d’embarquement
* porte d’entrée
* porte moustiquaire
* porte papillon
* porte-cochère
* porte-parole
* portier (“doorman”)
* portière (“car door”)
* prendre la porte
* Sublime Porte
* trouver porte close
* voir midi à sa porte

### Verb

porte
* inflection of porter:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

### See also

* huis

### Further reading

* “porte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* opter

## Galician
### Verb

porte
* inflection of portar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.te/
* Rhymes: -ɔrte
* Hyphenation: pòr‧te

#### Noun

porte f
* plural of porta

##### Derived terms

* alle porte

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔr.te/, /ˈpor.te/
* Rhymes: -ɔrte, -orte
* Hyphenation: pòr‧te, pór‧te

#### Participle

porte f pl
* feminine plural of porto (“(having) given, (having) handed”)

### References

* ↑ porte in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* petro-, poter

## Ladin
### Verb

porte
* inflection of porter:
** first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** third-person singular/plural present subjunctive

## Middle French
### Etymology 1

From Old French porte < Latin porta.

#### Noun

porte f (plural portes)
* door

### Etymology 2

See porter

#### Verb

porte
* inflection of porter:
** first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French porte < Latin porta.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

porte f (plural portes)
* (Jersey) door

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpor.te/, [ˈporˠ.te]

### Noun

porte
* dative singular of port

## Old French
### Etymology

From Latin porta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔɾtə/

### Noun

porte oblique singular, f (oblique plural portes, nominative singular porte, nominative plural portes)
* door

#### Descendants

* Middle French: porte
** French: porte
* Norman: porte
* Walloon: poite

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpɔh.t͡ʃi]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈpɔɾ.t͡ʃi/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈpɔχ.t͡ʃi]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔɻ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɔɾ.tɨ/
* Hyphenation: por‧te

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from portar.

#### Noun

porte m (plural portes)
* postage (the charge for posting an item)
* carrying, possession
    Portugal descriminou o porte de drogas para uso pessoal.Portugal has decriminalized the possession of drugs for personal use.
* size
    Synonym: tamanho
    Um homen de porte médio.A medium-sized man.
* posture
    Synonym: postura
* capacity
    Synonym: capacidade

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

porte
* inflection of portar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpoɾte/ [ˈpoɾ.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -oɾte
* Syllabification: por‧te

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from portar.

#### Noun

porte m (plural portes)
* carriage, carrying
    Prohibe porte de armasCarrying of arms is prohibited
* size, dimension
    Synonyms: tamaño, talla
* freightage (price of transporting goods)
* freight, cargo
* appearance of a person

##### Related terms

* portar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

porte
* inflection of portar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “porte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10